Talk:Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire

Background
Please discuss rather than edit war. Srnec (talk) 18:38, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you and I apologize. I explained some of my reasoning for wanting to keep the things Lubiesque wants gone in Lubiesque's GA review but they never replied to me there. In particular, I object to the repeated attempts to remove the "Ideology of the Holy Roman Empire" section, which provides ideological framework to understand the HRE and describes its "de-evolution" from the principal and ideological head of Christian Europe to the state it was in during the 18th century, providing important background info that does come into play throughout the rest of the article. It is not as strongly connected to the central issue at hand (the dissolution itself) as the rest of the article which is why it's under "background". Ichthyovenator (talk) 18:58, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Ambitious emperors
The text seems to propose (under 'Ideology') Charles V and Ferdinand II as emperors who posed a threat to post-Westphalian nation states, but both of these emperors ruled pre-1648. Clivemacd (talk) 21:54, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Lead
The reason I believed the lead was too long was entirely subjective, as I personally found it quite clumsy to read. I take your point though, however I believe the lead is still quite long compared to the size of the article and could be trimmed for a better reading experience. May not be the consensus though, I do wonder if anyone also has the same impression however. Abcmaxx (talk) 22:55, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It doesn't explicitly go against the MOS (which is why I reverted you) but it could possibly be trimmed and I am sure readability could be improved, yes. Maybe a copy edit could be requested? Considering this article has been cobbled together over quite some time there might be readability issues here and there throughout. Ichthyovenator (talk) 01:28, 26 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I see no problem with the length, but it could perhaps be more focused on the events of the 1792–1806. Srnec (talk) 03:38, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
 * The idea right now is that para #1 is the first section of the background, para #2 is the second section of the background, para #3 is "wars with Napoleon and France", "Formation of the Confederation of the Rhine" and "Abdication of Francis II" and para #4 is aftermath. Yeah, I can see how that's kinda unbalanced compared to how much space those things take up in the article itself. Ichthyovenator (talk) 16:27, 26 November 2020 (UTC)